Starship Asterisk*

I like the ancient rock art image, in part because I've hiked into that place, and I appreciate the effort it took to get it. It never occurred to me to compose an image of this ancient art in this way, and I've never seen it from anyone else.

About this pale green color Wikipedia says, "The original and incorrect color thought to describe the universe was 'cosmic turquoise' due to an error in the way that the software used had calculated the shade." But the pale green color shown is 153R + 255G + 204B which anyone will recogni...

I thought it was pale green.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/u ... 20110.html

Think about it, though: In this one image, you've seen every sight there is to see in the universe...

This image of the Jules Verne spacecraft breaking up is saddening. 13 tons of wasted material. It seems to me that part of the ISS mission should be to make the most efficient and complete use of the materials that are sent to it. If a spacecraft like this, with no re-entry capability, must be used,...

I've seen this happen occasionally and wondered about it. I don't think it's a huge deal, though. I've seen the occasional astronomy photo on Earth Science PoTD too.